Garment



Nov. 1, 1932. B. ROTHBLUM 1 1,886,048

GARMENT Filed NOV. 18, 1931 INVENTOR Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED STATESBENJAMIN ROTHBLUM, on NEW ong, n. Y.

GARMENT Application filed November 18, 1931. Serial No. 575,792.

This invention relates to garments, and particularly to such as may beused as bathing suits. The principal object is to provide such garmentwith means whereby it may be readily, rapidly, and convenientlyconverted to either expose substantially the entire back of the wearerto the invigorating and health imparting action of the suns rays or tomaintain the back of the wearer covered up for comfort, warmth, andprotection.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a general perspective view of the garment of this invention,showing the back thereof as it appears when, in operative state or whencovering up the body.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing the back portion of the garment asit appears when in inoperative state or when exposing the back of thewearer.

The garment 1, made of any suitable material, comprises a waist portion2 forming part of a usual body-portion 3, a chest por- 2 tion a, and aback portion 5. Said chest portion is configurated to form a pair ofshoulder portions 6 terminating in strap-like portions 7. The backportion 5 may be disposed to either hang downwardly, as shown in Fig.

2, so as to expose the back of the wearer, or it may be disposed inelevated location as shown in Fig. 1 for covering up the back of thewearer. The upper terminal of the back portion 5 is provided with abutton 8 or any other suitable fastening device, the terminal of eachstrap-portion 7 is provided with a button-hole 9 or any other suitablefastening means, and each of the strap-portions 7 is provided with abutton 10 set at a proper distance remote from the buttonhole 9.

When it is desired to wear the garment with its back portion 5 inoperative condition for covering up the wearers back, the

portions 6, 7 may be strung over the wearers shoulders in the mannershown in Fig. 1, and the back portion 5 may be then secured thereto byfastening its button 8 to the registering button holes 9 of the twostrap portions 7, thereby eificiently supporting the back portion of thegarment as indicated. Should it be desired to convert the garment toexpose the wearers back to the suns rays, the back portion 5 may beunbuttoned from the strap-portions 7 and permitted to drop completelydownwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2, and then the strap portionsmay be secured to each other, to continue their joint support of thechest-portion 4, by fastening the button 10 of each to a button-hole 10aof the other, set remote from said button, and positioning the strapabout the rear of the wearers neck, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A ladies garment for solar action including a chest portion and awaist portion, a back portion hinged to the rear of said waist portionbeing swingable about said waist portion to interchangeably cover up orexpose the wearers back, shoulder support portions for said chestportion, said back portion having means for attaching it to anddetaching it from said shoulder support portions, and said shouldersupport portions having means for securing them to each other upondetachment of said back portion.

2. A ladies garment for solar action including a chest portion and awaist portion, a back portion hinged to the rear of said waist portionbeing swingable about said waist portion to interchangeably cover up orexpose the wearers back, shoulder support portions for said chestportion, and each of said shoulder support portions having means at itsend for attaching thereto and detaching therefrom said back portion,

8. A ladies garment for solar action ineluding a chest portion and awaist portion a back portion hinged to the rear of sai waist portionbeing swingable about said waist portion to interchangeably cover up orexpose the wearers' back, shoulder su port rtions for said chestportion, each 0 said shoulder support portions having means for attac tereto and detaching therefrom 0 said b portion, and each of saidshoulder support portions having means for atthemto each other upondetachment of sai back ortion.

8' ed at ew York, in the county of New 15 Yer and State of New York,this 16th day of November, A. D. 1931. l

BENJAMIN ROTHBLUM.

